The Red Sea Development Company (TRSDC) has opened the first desalination plant in Saudi Arabia that uses solar and wind energy as part of a strategy to protect the natural environment for long-term development by lowering carbon pollution.

The initiative also intends to promote the Saudi tourist sector, which concentrates on diversification and progress following the Kingdom's 2030 goal.

TRSDC's chief administrator and spokesman, Ahmed Ghazi Darwish, stated that the groundbreaking initiative was undertaken in collaboration with Source Global, a water desalination firm.

The project's introduction corresponds with both the rise in the Saudi tourism industry, and it will fulfill tourists' need for the distinctive Red Sea location through multiple ways, he noted.

The solar-powered desalination facility, as per the spokesman, is the largest of its type throughout the world, with a capacity of 2 million 330 milliliter water bottles each year. In the future years, the manufacture of 300,000 bottles per year will commence.

He also mentioned reusable bottles. Reusable glass bottles would be refilled within the factory as an element of sustainable distribution, to attain carbon neutrality and eliminate non-recyclable plastic bottles.

Darwish underscored the company's desire for Saudi youth to play a significant role in attaining these long-term ambitions and to become a part of them, stating that 30 employment openings at have also been established, at least ten of which would be provided to Saudis who will get intense on-the-job training.

During the initial phase of the plant's development, experts chose an excellent piece of land, and 100 hydrogen panels were installed after a virtual survey completed by professionals in full compliance with the plant's requirements and needs, as per the spokesperson.

Darwish further stated that during the second and third phases, a total of 1,200 hydrogen panels would be installed, and the facility would be supplied with required components and reusable bottles by enterprises based in the Kingdom.

He stated that TRSDC's desalination technology will rely entirely on solar energy to elevate condensation levels in the hydrogen panels to produce high-quality freshwater, so the productivity of the panels would be monitored through a smart application which would display the quantity of water produced, the environmental effects of the panels, and maintenance alerts.